Balatarin, Llc

Balatarin is the first and largest interactive link-sharing news website in Persian. Founded in 2006, Balatarin’s mission is to enable users to identify, share and provide access to news and views of the greatest interest to Iranians around the world. Balatarin does not generate news independently but is a hub of unfiltered information and commentary shared freely by individuals who are accountable to no-one but themselves. Increasingly, Balatarin has developed into a forum for a civil exchange of ideas and is the only medium of scale where Iranians of diverse socio-political, ethnic, and religious orientations trade news and personal observations voluntarily and without fear of persecution. Balatarin is not a news agency but as a unique archive of news and analysis related to Iran dating from 2006, serves as a major resource for journalists, researchers and scholars. Balatarin is based in the U.S. and has a wide readership in the North America, the Middle East, and Europe. The website is blocked by the government in Iran, but users circumvent the hurdle by using proxy servers.